Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report

We report a case of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis treated with pirfenidone in a 76-year-old woman who complained of acute-onset abdominal pain and rashes. The patient was diagnosed with disseminated varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, and pirfenidone was discontinued. Her condition improv...

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Autores principales: Shiroshita, Akihiro, Nakashima, Kei, Aoshima, Masahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30406013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.10.023
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author Shiroshita, Akihiro
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description We report a case of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis treated with pirfenidone in a 76-year-old woman who complained of acute-onset abdominal pain and rashes. The patient was diagnosed with disseminated varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, and pirfenidone was discontinued. Her condition improved in one month. Pirfenidone may induce disseminated VZV infection.
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spelling pubmed-62148822018-11-07 Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report Shiroshita, Akihiro Nakashima, Kei Aoshima, Masahiro Respir Med Case Rep Case Report We report a case of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis treated with pirfenidone in a 76-year-old woman who complained of acute-onset abdominal pain and rashes. The patient was diagnosed with disseminated varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, and pirfenidone was discontinued. Her condition improved in one month. Pirfenidone may induce disseminated VZV infection. Elsevier 2018-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6214882/ /pubmed/30406013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.10.023 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report
title Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report
title_full Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report
title_fullStr Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report
title_short Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report
title_sort disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30406013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.10.023
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